#BEA242#BEA242

#BEA242 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.119 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEA242
RGB	rgb(190, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -0.68, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 52.17, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0059 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.119 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1406, 37.1830, 10.4793)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEA242 #425EBE

analogous

#BE6442 #BEA242 #9CBE42

triadic

#BEA242 #42BEA2 #A242BE

tetradic

#BEA242 #42BE64 #425EBE #BE429C

square

#BEA242 #42BE64 #425EBE #BE429C

split-complementary

#BEA242 #429CBE #6442BE

monochromatic

#635522 #917B32 #BEA242 #CEB870 #DDCF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BEA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#BEA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEA242

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEA242	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bea242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.119 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd7b',
    500: '#bea242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bea242;
$custom-light: #d5bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bea242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71893,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEA242

secondary

#929FCA

accent

#6ED84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEA242

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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